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(4) The arrangement of the brood combs to avoid barriers in the 
way of a free expansion of the brood-nest during the spring. 
(5) Providing extra space for the bees within the brood-chamber 
by wider spacing of combs and a deep space below the frames. 
(6) The use of large entrances during the swarming season, es- 
pecially when the weather is hot, and in some cases additional open- 
ings for ventilation. 
(7) Protection of the hives from the direct rays of the sun by the 
use of shade-boards or double covers. 
(8) Painting the hives white, especially the cover, if a shade-board 
is not used. 
(9) Management to prevent conditions favorable to the building 
of barriers of sealed honey around the brood-nest, or the breaking 
up of barriers of this kind if they already exist. 
(10) Inducing the bees to expand into and occupy supers as rapidly 
as the honey-flow will justify during the first half of the honey-flow, 
or at the time the colony is rapidly expanding in numbers. 
(11) Providing additional space in the form of empty combs for 
the ripening of incoming nectar, so that the field bees can immediately 
dispose of the nectar they bring into the hive, to prevent the begin- 
ning of any stagnation of the activities of the colony. 
(12) Removing some of the emerging brood to reduce the number 
of emerging bees within the brood-chamber, thus producing a better 
distribution of the bees throughout the hive. 
(18) The destruction of queencells, providing they have been 
started but recently. Frequently, however, other cells are imme- 
diately started after the queencells have been destroyed. 
As a remedy for swarming the beekeeper relieves the congestion of 
bees within the brood-nest by creating conditions comparable either 
to the swarm or to the parent colony in nature. 
